Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Film based on Play by Fringe Festival Fave T.J. Dawe

The Montreal Fringe Festival is a story that never stops. Not only does it have all kinds of events throughout the year, I keep getting missives from Fringe veterans who have gone on to do exciting things elsewhere.

Take Michaella Di Cesare, for example. Her show 8 Ways My Mother was Conceived, which was initially launched at the Montreal Fringe Festival, then went on to win awards in Toronto as well as Montreal, is about to make its New York debut, on 42nd Street on November 10, as part of the NYC United Solo Festival.

And now, T.J. Dawe, who was the storytelling sensation at the Montreal Fringe for many years, has been checking out the shooting of a film based on a play he wrote with Mike Rinaldi called Toothpaste & Cigars. It will star none other than Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame. The film, directed by Michael Dowse, is titled The F Word. Click here for details revealed in the U.K.

Many thanks to another Fringe veteran, Keir Cutler, for passing on the Dawe news. Dawe has, who is simply one of the most engaging,comic storytellers I’ve ever heard, has been directing Cutler’s one-man shows for several years now. And yes, Cutler is hilarious, too.

At the moment Cutler is preparing his St. James Literary Society lecture, The Shakespeare Authorship Question: Why I am a “Crackpot”, which is to be delivered at the Segal Centre on Oct. 16.

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